Loss to Monroe closes Dawgs' football season

Creswell quarterback Dallton Dewey drops back for a pass during Oct. 26's game against Monroe. Creswell lost the game 45-0.

The Creswell Bulldogs were blanked by Monroe - the state's top-ranked 2A team - 0-45 on Oct. 26 to wrap a hard-fought season.

"They're the real deal," Creswell Head Coach Scott Worsham said of Monroe. "In Zach Young, they've got a running back who's top-notch, fast – an allstate kind of guy. You give him a little hole and he's gone. He did a lot of damage."

Monroe led just 6-0 after the first quarter but boosted their advantage to 27-0 at halftime and 36-0 after the third quarter.

"We held them a couple of times and played pretty well in the first quarter," Worsham said. "But offensively...